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*[[Melissa (AI)|Melissa]]: [[wikipedia:Melissa#In_Greek_mythology|Melissa]] is the name of one of the nymphs who helped save [[wikipedia:Zeus|Zeus]] from his father, [[wikipedia:Cronus|Cronus]]. She hid him in the hills and fed him milk from Amalthea and honey. When Cronus discovered this, he turned her into a worm. After Zeus came into power, he changed her into a queen bee, not being able to change her from an insect form.
*[[Melissa (AI)|Melissa]]: [[wikipedia:Melissa#In_Greek_mythology|Melissa]] is the name of one of the nymphs who helped save [[wikipedia:Zeus|Zeus]] from his father, [[wikipedia:Cronus|Cronus]]. She hid him in the hills and fed him milk from Amalthea and honey. When Cronus discovered this, he turned her into a worm. After Zeus came into power, he changed her into a queen bee, not being able to change her from an insect form.
*[[Pallas Athena]]: Athena was the Greek goddess of Wisdom, Craft, and War; Pallas was her second name.
*[[Pallas Athena]]: Athena was the Greek goddess of Wisdom, Craft, and War; Pallas was her second name.
*[[Promethean]]: Prometheus was the Greek Titan who gave the gift of fire to mankind.
*[[Gorgon (Vehicle)|Gorgon]]: The deleted ''[[Halo Wars]]'' unit, the Gorgon, is a beast of Greek mythology. Gorgons were said to turn all those that looked at them into stone. In ''Halo Wars'', they were originally intended to be an anti-air unit.
*[[Gorgon (Vehicle)|Gorgon]]: The deleted ''[[Halo Wars]]'' unit, the Gorgon, is a beast of Greek mythology. Gorgons were said to turn all those that looked at them into stone. In ''Halo Wars'', they were originally intended to be an anti-air unit.
*[[Tantalus]]: Tantalus was a system that was ordered that all ships aid [[Reach]]. Tantalus in Greek Mythology was punished in the Underworld to never be able to eat or drink anything.
*[[Tantalus]]: Tantalus was a system that was ordered that all ships aid [[Reach]]. Tantalus in Greek Mythology was punished in the Underworld to never be able to eat or drink anything.
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